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Gilded Age New Rochelle estate owned by yachtsman, African tribal king, on the market for $18.9M

There's a reason it's called “All View.”

A historic property on New Rochelle's Premium Point, built by Gilded Age banker Charles Oliver Iselin, was spared no expense when it was constructed in 1890.

Iselin was known as one of the most famous yachtsman of the time, a five-time defender of the America's cup. He built a breakwater in the Long Island Sound so that he could safely dock his yachts including The Vigilant, Defender, and Columbia, next to his home, in Echo Bay.

All View was built with the finest materials available, including rare onyx, parquet floors finished in ebony and rose-colored Belgian bricks.

The estate is currently on the market for $18,950,000. It's listed by Halstead agent Louise Phillips Forbes. 

After falling on hard times after the departure of a subsequent owner, an African tribal king turned billionaire, All View today retains every bit of its original grandeur but has been brought up to modern speed via a top-to-bottom restoration by its current owners, a family with three young children.

The spaces are grand by design, with high coffered ceilings and intricate moldings, but the interior design cues make each feel inviting for a family with active young children. A seating area just off the second floor foyer, for example, sports a teepee and comfy couches ideal for reading. Off a formal first floor reception area, there's a mudroom filled with kids cubbies, scooters and book bags.

"It feels like a house that a family could live in," says Forbes.

You reach All View at the very end of a charming, narrow lane that winds through Premium Point, a private gated neighborhood of 32 homes. The Point has been home to artist Norman Rockwell, J.P. Morgan, and Charles Revson, the founder of Revlon; former Yankees coach Joe Torre rented a property here.

Since All View was built on a promontory, there are views from every inch of the three acre property. Outdoors, there is hardly a sound, except for lapping waves, birds chirping and the occasional whine of an outboard motor.

"There is an intimacy to this house," says Forbes. "I have been there with over a hundred people and it lives and entertains so nicely. It is so alive and that's the way it was meant to be lived in and enjoyed."

Imagine the parties

In its heyday as a mecca for the Gilded Age yachting set, guests entered All View through a impressive, 600-pound paneled doorway, still in pride of place today, all its intricate hardware intact.

It's not hard to imagine the grand parties that began in the marble foyer, swept up a grand staircase, into a wood paneled library and then onto a series of public rooms that front onto a waterfront terrace.

The grounds, originally conceived by Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park, include a stunning dark gray mosaic tile pool, a private beach, boat dock, a badminton/mini-tennis/basketball court and two wisteria covered pergolas, perfect for summer dining.

The house had its highs and lows.

In the 1980s, it was owned by African billionaire/tribal king and diplomat, Antonio Deinde Fernandez and his wife, Aduke. The family hosted many dignitaries during their time in residence including South African President Nelson Mandela.

The couple reportedly brought in European artisans to repair or replicate many of the 1890s intricate plaster moldings and medallions in the home, and added some unique touches of their own.

Fernandez added two wings to each side of the original home, which now spreads over 23,000-square-feet. One contains the huge master suite; the other features a kitchen/family room surrounded by windows; above it is a kids playroom.

There are 13 bedrooms spread over three levels, 13 bathrooms, nine working wood-burning fireplaces, a cinema, wine cellar, billiard room, staff quarters, a sun porch the current owners use as a gym, three additional kitchens (chef’s, butler’s pantry, and staff), formal dining room, formal living room, family room, library, and six-car garage that is tricked out with lifts so that the family vehicles can be serviced onsite.

After Fernandez and Aduke divorced, the home was unoccupied for about a decade, then hit  by Hurricane Sandy.  Photos from the time show peeling paint and period details in need of repair. The current owners purchased the property in 2012 and set out to restore its many splendid details.

"There was no electricity, no plumbing, but they felt the history and the importance of this home," Forbes says. "Now everything has been touched; nothing has been overlooked. The owner was improving those little details that are going to be gifts for the next person."

Every door and window, for example, has custom hinges and hardware, many bearing Fernandes' tribal crest; then there are the window locks created as leopards and jaguars, as well as maps of the African continent on the handles. All have been restored.

After a top-to-bottom multi-year renovation, All View is now a stunning 21st century home with a 14-zone geothermal heating and cooling system, an oil-fired backup generator,  a comprehensive wireless network throughout the home, and all new wiring.

More importantly, the couple reinforced the seawall which borders the entire upper and lower sections of the property with a steel reinforced concrete core ten feet deep and ten feet wide.

"It is a very unique property," says Forbes. "All View is a property that has a soul and that's what the owners realized when they first saw it."

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Dick Cavett Selling His Beloved Tick Hall in the Hamptons for $62M

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Few homes in the United States are as storied, or as beloved, as Tick Hall, the beachfront estate belonging to iconic talk show host Dick Cavett. Now it’s time to turn the page on the Montauk, NY, home’s illustrious history, as Cavett has put the property on the market for $62 million.

The TV legend told the Wall Street Journal that he’s letting it go because it’s also time to turn the page on his own history. “I’ve loved every day here, but now it’s time to open a new chapter,” he said.

The estate was originally called the Orr House, after its first owner, Alexander Orr, who purchased the house in the 1880s. Built by Stanford White, it was one of the famed “Seven Sisters,” seven shingle-style homes in a Montauk community with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park. Tick Hall is the last of the Seven Sisters still standing.

The shingled home sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

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A subsequent owner, Harrison Tweed, who was a well-known Wall Street lawyer, gave Tick Hall its name, after the annoying little arachnids common to the East Coast.

Tweed and his family expanded the home, installing electricity and plumbing, as well as a bell tower, kitchen, and extra bedrooms and bathrooms, among other amenities.

In the 1960s, Cavett and his wife, actress Carrie Nye, bought the seven-bedroom, five-bath home directly from Tweed, who was 91 at the time. This is the first time the house has been on the open market in its 135-year history.

Staircase with elaborately milled wood railing

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Cavett and Nye lived there until 1997, when a fire destroyed the home. The couple decided to build an exact replica of the home, but they had to go by photos and memory, because the prior home’s plans hadn’t been preserved.

Fully restored living room

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Parlor

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A documentary, “From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall,” was made in 2003 about the restoration. Nye died of lung cancer in 2006, and in 2007, Cavett sold over 70 acres nearby for $18 million.

The porch at Tick Hall

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Now the bluff-top estate includes 20 acres and features 900 feet of Atlantic frontage in the Montauk Moorlands. The 7,000-square-foot home features a path to a private cove known to locals as Cavett’s Cove, which is “the most private sandy beach on the East End,” according to listing agents Tim Davis and Karen Kelly of the Corcoran Group.

The property includes 900 feet of ocean frontage

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The grounds also include two other water features: a freshwater pond and a swimming pool.

Freshwater pond

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Cavett hosted an array of TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. The 80-year-old is now married to Martha Rogers, and while the couple keep an apartment in Manhattan, they consider Tick Hall their primary residence. Cavett says it’s his fondest hope that the new owners cherish it as much as he does.

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The Ralph Pulitzer House - 17 East 73rd Street

Someone thought it would be a good idea to paint the limestone at the entrance level gray.  It wasn't.

Although only steps from Fifth Avenue and Central Park, the ten brownstone residences erected by developer James E. Coburn on the north side of East 73rd Street in 1871 were not mansions.  For the time being Manhattan's wealthiest citizens were content to live below 57th Street.  But they hinted at things to come. At least one of them, No. 17, replaced an earlier, simpler home.  On April 24, 1869 an advertisement in the New York Herald had offered "To Let--A three story high stoop house."  Now, on September 6, 1875, an ad in the same newspaper touted: For Sale--That New and Well Built House, No. 17 East Seventy-third street; hard wood finish; 22x60; four stories and basement. Designed by J. W. Marshall, it and the rest of the row were aimed at more affluent owners--such as Ernst August Roesler, who would live here.  Born in Germany in 1844, he and his wife, the former Clara Mueller, had a daughter Ottilie. Following Clara's death in 1883 Roesler married Augusta Koehler.  The couple had another daughter, Therese Auguste Louise.  But her half-sister would not see her grow up in the house.  On the afternoon of April 17, 1888 the 18-year-old Ottilie was married in the parlor.  It was a wedding that was covered by all the newspapers. The bridegroom was George A. Steinway, eldest son of piano maker William Steinway.  The Evening World reported "Many telegrams of congratulations have been received not only from all parts of this country, but from friends of both families in Hamburg, London, [St.] Petersburg, Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Paris and other cities of Europe."  The article concluded "The presents received by the bride were very beautiful and very numerous, coming from Germany and England as well as the United States."  Dinner and the reception were held at Delmonico's. Roesler died on February 10, 1900.  By then merely well-to-do residents like the Roesler family were being nudged out by the fantastically wealthy.  The following year millionaire publisher Joseph Pulitzer demolished Nos. 7 through 15 Eat 73rd Street as the site of his magnificent mansion designed by Stanford White. In June 1904, the year after the Pulitzer palazzo was completed, son Ralph bought the former Roesler house next door.  The timing of the purchase, a year before his marriage to one of society's most eligible debutantes, Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, was most likely not coincidental. Frederica was the daughter of Dr. W. Seward Webb and Lila Osgood Vanderbilt.  Her grandfather was William H. Vanderbilt.   The wedding took place in Shelburne, Vermont, where her parents maintained their 3,000-acre country estate, Shelburne Farm.  Its Queen Anne-style mansion contained 60 rooms and Frederick Law Olmsted had designed the park-like grounds. Webb, who had given up his medical practice to become involved with the railroads with his father-in-law, arranged a ten-car special train to transport guests from Manhattan.  On October 14, 1905, the day before the ceremony, The New York Times reported "At Shelburne House, the decorators were kept at work to-night.  They completed the decorations there yesterday, but the heat to-day withered them so it was necessary to do them all over again."  The newspaper later reported that the wedding "was attended by 600 guests." A month later, on November 12, 1905 the New-York Tribune reported that the architectural firm of Foster, Gade & Graham had filed plans for remodeling No. 17 East 73rd Street.  "The facade is to be removed and a new front of decorated limestone erected.  New staircases are to be installed and the interior rearranged."  The firm estimated the cost at $20,000, or about $575,000 today.  The Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide reported on what might have been an embarrassing afterthought.  A separate set of plans were filed, this one specifically to "install toilets." Foster, Gade & Graham worked around the old English basement plan by placing the new entrance a few steps below sidewalk level.  Clad in limestone, the neo-Renaissance residence was splashed with Beaux Arts embellishments.  The three story rounded bay was marked by three arched French windows, and a trio of rectangular openings separated by Corinthian pilasters, their sills dripping swags of carved roses.  Similar garlands draped over blank rosettes below the elaborately carved stone cornice which supported the mansard level. The house was barely completed when Ralph and Frederica began construction of their summer home in July 1906.  The Colonial-style mansion would sit on their 200-acre estate near those of William K. Vanderbilt and Payne Whitney. Back in Manhattan the newlyweds most likely never lived in the 73rd Street house.   Despite the efforts and cost his son had expended to renovate the house next door, Joseph Pulitzer's wedding present to Frederica was a house on Fifth Avenue. In 1910 Ralph Pulitzer leased No. 17 to Josephine Livermore.   The widow of attorney John R. Livermore, who died on May 3, 1906, she was the former Josephine Whitney Brooks.  The couple had married in December 1898, The New York Times noting "The wedding was a social event.  H. O. Havemeyer was the bridegroom's best man." Livermore's death was, somewhat bizarrely, brought on by the trauma of the destruction of their country home in Westchester County about a month earlier.  The target of arsonists, the magnificence of the mansion and its furnishings was reflected in the silver alone--valued at around $990,000 in today's money.  "The fire was a great shock to Mr. Livermore," said a newspaper following his death, "who has been ailing ever since" As the Pulitzers continued to lease the house (to Sidney C. Berg in 1913 and Mrs. Gardiner Sherman in 1915, for instance) their names continued to appear in newspapers.   In 1913 Ralph surprised most of the city when he sued the powerful Tammany-backed Mayor William Jay Gaynor for defaming his father.  A few months later, in January 1914, the building in which Pulitzer's $40,000 yacht, the Bullet, was store in dry dock burned, destroying it. In August 1916 architect Louise J. Farmer did significant upgrades to the 73rd Street house for Pulitzer.  His plans called for "new stairs, partitions, plumbing, brick walls."  The renovations cost the publisher the equivalent $105,000 today. Ralph and Frederica had two children, Ralph, Jr. and Seward.  In the autumn of 1921 a tutor was hired for Seward.  Cyril Jones had served as secretary to Colonel Edward M. House during the Paris Peace Conference and was in charge of communications between him and President Woodrow Wilson.  Following his discharge from the Navy, he took the job of tutoring Seward. Before long, unknown to Ralph Pulitzer, a romance was developing between his wife and the tutor.  In the spring of 1922 Jones resigned to join the faculty of the Milton School near Boston.  Frederica promptly sailed to Paris to begin divorce proceedings.   On February 15, 1924 The New York Times reported on the pending divorce, the grounds of which were "constructive desertion."  Four months later the newspaper reported that Frederica Pulitzer would marry Cyril Jones at Shelburne House in August or September. Interestingly enough, Pulitzer retained possession of No. 17.  In 1927 he leased it William D. Flanders who married author Margaret Leech the following year.  Upon returning from their honeymoon in England and France, they took up residence at No. 450 East 52nd Street.  A daughter was born in there March 1929. Finally, after decades of leasing the home, Ralph sold it to Benjamin Joseph Buttenweiser in 1934.  Five years earlier the banker and philanthropist had married Helen Lehman, daughter of Arthur Lehman, senior partner in Lehman Brothers.  Son Lawrence Benjamin was born on January 11, 1932.  His parents were a fascinating pair. Buttenweiser, the son of wealthy real estate operator Joseph L. Buttenwieser, was admitted to Columbia College at the age of 15, focusing on 19th century English poetry.  He graduated two years later.  Because Columbia University refused to accept him for its doctorate program (he was too young) he entered the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb. And Helen was no insipid socialite.  A civic leader, she was one of the first women admitted to the City Bar Association. Before moving in, the Buttenweisers got rid of the Edwardian interiors of Foster, Gade & Graham.  They hired the Modernist architect William Lescaze to completely redesign the interiors.  On December 12, 1936 The New Yorker wrote that Lescaze "in the last five or six years has taken the lead in Modernist architecture in this country" and said that the Benjamin Buttenwieser house was one of "the only three completely Modernist town houses in N.Y.C." The result was a striking dichotomy of styles.  The inside was sleekly cutting edge, while the facade remained nearly unchanged.  Writing in Arts & Decoration in 1937, architecture critic Mary Fanton Roberts noted "The exterior Mr. Lescaze left pretty much as it used to be. He took a few ornaments off, substituted casement windows. All of which was probably a sound idea...although the result in no way reflects the Modern expected from Mr. Lescaze." The Buttenwiesers would have two more sons.  Peter L. Buttenwieser was born in 1936 and Paul Arthur on April 15, 1938.  All three boys would go on to successful careers.  Lawrence established a thriving legal career; Peter would eventually become best known as a philanthropist (Mother Jones Magazine placed him at No. 2 on its 1998 list of Top Ten "power elite" with "bald ambition"); and Paul became a physician, child psychiatrist and author. The family's country home was in Bedford Village, New York.  Benjamin and Helen were still living on 73rd Street when Lawrence married Ann Harriet Lubin on July 14, 1956 in Purchase, New York.  But within to years it was owned by the Republic of Guinea as its Permanent Mission to the United States. The Mission remained in the house until 1969 when it was converted to a three-family residence with a doctor's office on the ground floor.  It was most likely at this time that the mansard was converted to a glass-walled penthouse. From 1977 to the early 1980's the office was home to Maho Bay Camps, Inc., operators of the "camping resort" on St. John in the Virgin Islands.  The resort offered 70 three-room "canvas cottages" each 16 x 16 feet.  The rates in 1977 were $150 per week for couples and an additional $15 for each child.

The Pulitzer house has suffered some humiliation--the coat of graphite-colored paint over the limestone first floor, window air conditioners in the transoms of the fourth floor windows and, much worse, gouged into the fifth floor stonework.  (And, then, there's the matter of the mansard roof.)  But overall the elegance of the 1906 remodeling of the Victorian brownstone survives. photographs by the author

Source: http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-ralph-pulitzer-house-17-east-73rd.html

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Shower rooms are a Home's True Underachievers

Study shows Americans are sluggish to buy significant bathroom remodels, yet brand-new items could improve an existing bathroom ( ARA) - Evaluating by the myriad of publications, decorating programs and how-to books that attack the average homeowner, it's simple to think that Americans stay in the lap of lavatory high-end. It's a globe of gold-plated, claw-footed soaking bathtubs, unique heavy steam showers and massive, double-sink vanities in everybody's residence but yours, right? Incorrect. While new house contractors and also designers understand and supply just what individuals actually desire in the bath, property owners tend to be painfully slow regarding updating their existing baths. Leading plumbing fixture as well as device manufacturer Moen Inc., which is likewise a leading scientist in fads associated with kitchen areas as well as baths, says its data shows that many Americans have plenty of job to do if they are to catch up with the shower room perfect. As an example just 14 percent of American houses' master washrooms have a stand-alone tub and also separate shower stall. That compares to (an approximated) 98 percent of the restrooms received the typical home-decorating magazine! Yet it's no wonder-- majority of home owners report that their master bath is much less compared to 75 square feet in size. Likewise, majority of us bath every morning not behind an ornamental etched glass door or a marble splitting wall, however behind the typical shower curtain. You won't see a lot of those advertised in the most recent version of "Fantasize Bathrooms." Too often, the restroom plays second fiddle to the kitchen area when it concerns focusing on home remodelling jobs, according to Wanda Jankowski, editor of Cooking area & Bath Organisation magazine. "The cooking area has actually preserved and even built on its placement as the prime focus of the residence and also a center of both socialization and also feature. However the master bathroom is still embeded its sanitary duty as well as remains a private abode that does not obtain as lots of chances to thrill visiting guests," said Jankowski. Couple that with that a bathroom renovation could be nearly as involved and also costly as a cooking area remodeling and also you have the makings for procrastination for or else conscientious homeowners. Study Reveals The Shower room "Reality". Moen's research shows that the bath is definitely behind the times. As a matter of fact, there's a good chance that a master shower room will have an old-style combination shower as well as tub-- a 72 percent opportunity if the residence is greater than Twenty Years old. There's still a 62 percent possibility of finding a tub/shower combination in an 11- to 20-year old residence. Also the people at Moen were a bit stunned at some of the findings their research turned up when the business lately carried out a "washroom stock" study that took an extensive look at the restrooms of more than 2,400 U.S. house owners. Inning accordance with Jack Suvak, Moen director of consumer and also trade research study, the company deals a lot with new construction or professional sources of remodeling, that even it can obtain a rather manipulated view of just what's actually out there in individuals's houses. nfl jerseys "This type of research is good for us, since it advises us of exactly what people have in their existing houses-- and that gives us a better concept of exactly what kind of things expert remodelers and do-it-yourselfers will certainly need in the future," Suvak said. Innovations for Existing Shower rooms. Thanks partly to investigating just what people want as well as just what they will make use of, Moen has introduced items that will certainly take advantage of an existing restroom. For instance, its Revolution rubbing showerhead economically turns an existing shower delay right into an individual masseuse. The idea for this item was born out of extensive research with customers, consisting of performing in-depth meetings with individuals that maintained diaries of their bathing practices, evaluating buyers in the showerhead aisle, and in fact videotaping individuals's shower routines (with approval, of course). Because the Transformation showerhead could be included in an existing shower arm, this product is the excellent enhancement for consumers that desire something different in their bathrooms but do not have the space (or spending plan) for a total remodel. Change rotates, spins and also swirls the water for sensational protection and an unique bathing experience. One more current Moen intro, the M * DEAL shutoff, was created for the customer who constantly needs modification and an updated look. This valve, as soon as set up, allows for very easy tap changeouts to brand-new trim from above the sink. Changeouts can be completed equally as easily in the shower by getting rid of the trim without needing to go behind the wall. As well as, the make over can even be carried over to devices. By doing this, customers can quickly transform the look of their bath in just a few mins-- without a big expenditure. " The globe is very difficult today as well as bath products can assist you de-stress and use you a better quality of life," claims Jankowski. She includes that bathroom makeovers can boost the value of the house to both its existing proprietors along with prospective future customers. So, if you're checking out among your preferred home-improvement magazines desiring you had a restroom like the ones inside, take a fresh look at the products presently on the marketplace that could upgrade your existing bath. Look for products that can provide deluxe advantages and excellent want to further boost the quality of your life, as well as the value of your house. For more details regarding products or renovating projects, call Moen Incorporated at 25300 Al Moen Drive, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070-8022, call toll complimentary 1-800-BUY MOEN (1-800-289-6636) or visit its Website at www.moen.com.

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Biltmore to Boone

Biltmore to Boone – Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Weather clear – Temp 62°

Morning on the French Broad River had a slight chill in the air but the sun warmed things up nicely.  The short drive across the river to the Biltmore Estate was quick with little to no traffic and we found our way to the RV parking lot C and grabbed the shuttle to the main house. 

Biltmore House is one of my favorite places to visit in the past hitting it during all four seasons with a different motif decorated for each season.  My favorite times are during the Christmas or fall times of the year, it’s beautiful.  Biltmore is a large (6950.4 acre or 10.86 square miles) 250 room private estate and now a tourist attraction near Asheville, North Carolina.  Biltmore House, the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion built by then 25 year old, George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 square feet of floor space (135,280 square feet of living area (4 acres under roof).  Vanderbilt's decision to locate his mountain mansion near Asheville, NC, led to his purchase of a total of 125,000 acres surrounding the site.  Today, Biltmore Estate encompasses approximately 8,000 acres, including formal and informal gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture in America.  Vanderbilt also wanted his mountain home to provide family and friends with recreational pleasures: an indoor swimming pool, bowling alley and gymnasium are located downstairs.  I believe it was the first indoor plumbing home in the nation with running water and sewage lines installed in the many bathrooms and kitchens.

The gardens around the house are in bloom from April through November’s first frost with a wide variety of plants, flowers, and shrubs around the grounds.  The winery is about five miles west of the main house in Antler Hill Village with wine tasting and tours included in the admission price.  There are two places to spend the night on the grounds at the Inn at Biltmore Estate and the Village Hotel which is located near the winery.

Today the house was abuzz with people and school groups touring the house and grounds.  We started with a cup of coffee and sweet treat to get ready for the tour inside the house.  One of the added attractions this visit was the Titanic collection of costumes from the movie on display in the different rooms.  The exhibit included photos from the movie with the explanation of the costume piece worn by the different actors and actresses. 

 The house tour wound its way around the main floor then up to the second and third floors then down to the basement level showing the different bedrooms, dining rooms, bowling alley, swimming pool and servant’s quarters and kitchens.  It is always a fun and informative tour seeing the art and books on display.

Making our way outside and down the hill to the gardens it was walking into a sea of colors and the tulips were in bloom and covered several acres in varying colors.  The paths winding around the different greenhouses were filled with many species of plants and flowers.  The tour stated over 3 million plants were planted around the estate not including all the grafted plants done on the grounds.

It was a fun day seeing everything in bloom and I cannot wait until the exhibit Chihuly at Biltmore starts in May through October 7.  I will have to make another trip up to see it after this adventure.  

The road north out of Asheville started the Blue Ridge Parkway climbing up the mountains and running the ridge lines across the mountain range.  The scenery was great but the trees and flowers were not in bloom yet as the elevation still had its winter coat on things.  There had been snow all along the Parkway last Saturday so the normal summer greens seen along the roadway were not there. 

We drove along seeing the rural farm lands and houses scattered along the route and made it to Grandfather Mountain when the road once again was closed off making for another change in our route along Hwy 221.  This stopped just before the Linville viaduct so driving 221 from Linville to Blowing Rock was one dangerous curve after another.  I had forgotten how bad the road was back in my youth I visited Linville, North Carolina and Grandfather Mountain every year flying in the Masters of Hang Gliding Championship tournament.   It is a beautiful area with the mountain elevation at 5,939 feet.  I came here for six years flying with some of the best hang glider pilots in the world as this competition was by invitation only.  Hugh Morton owned the mountain and hosted the Masters tournament every year and also had an exhibition team flying.  We landed down by the lake on a helipad and I remember there were several water landings each year.  Hugh passed on several years ago and his family keeps the mountain going with tourists and the golf and country club

This meant the campground I had wanted to stop was inaccessible on the closed road so now as the sun was setting it was time to find somewhere else to spend the night.  Boone, NC had a Walmart I could boondock in but there was a nice campground along a steam just outside town so Traveling Life’s Highways took another slight detour along the way.

I didn’t really talk with anyone today who I wanted to write about but the shuttle bus driver from the RV parking lot to the house and back was a hoot spouting off little known facts of information about Biltmore which you had to take with a grain of salt because he may have stretched the stories a bit along our way.

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Dick Cavett Selling His Beloved Tick Hall in the Hamptons for $62M

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Few homes in the United States are as storied, or as beloved, as Tick Hall, the beachfront estate belonging to iconic talk show host Dick Cavett. Now it’s time to turn the page on the Montauk, NY, home’s illustrious history, as Cavett has put the property on the market for $62 million.

The TV legend told the Wall Street Journal that he’s letting it go because it’s also time to turn the page on his own history. “I’ve loved every day here, but now it’s time to open a new chapter,” he said.

The estate was originally called the Orr House, after its first owner, Alexander Orr, who purchased the house in the 1880s. Built by Stanford White, it was one of the famed “Seven Sisters,” seven shingle-style homes in a Montauk community with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park. Tick Hall is the last of the Seven Sisters still standing.

The shingled home sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

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A subsequent owner, Harrison Tweed, who was a well-known Wall Street lawyer, gave Tick Hall its name, after the annoying little arachnids common to the East Coast.

Tweed and his family expanded the home, installing electricity and plumbing, as well as a bell tower, kitchen, and extra bedrooms and bathrooms, among other amenities.

In the 1960s, Cavett and his wife, actress Carrie Nye, bought the seven-bedroom, five-bath home directly from Tweed, who was 91 at the time. This is the first time the house has been on the open market in its 135-year history.

Staircase with elaborately milled wood railing

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Cavett and Nye lived there until 1997, when a fire destroyed the home. The couple decided to build an exact replica of the home, but they had to go by photos and memory, because the prior home’s plans hadn’t been preserved.

Fully restored living room

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Parlor

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A documentary, “From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall,” was made in 2003 about the restoration. Nye died of lung cancer in 2006, and in 2007, Cavett sold over 70 acres nearby for $18 million.

The porch at Tick Hall

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Now the bluff-top estate includes 20 acres and features 900 feet of Atlantic frontage in the Montauk Moorlands. The 7,000-square-foot home features a path to a private cove known to locals as Cavett’s Cove, which is “the most private sandy beach on the East End,” according to listing agents Tim Davis and Karen Kelly of the Corcoran Group.

The property includes 900 feet of ocean frontage

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The grounds also include two other water features: a freshwater pond and a swimming pool.

Freshwater pond

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Cavett hosted an array of TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. The 80-year-old is now married to Martha Rogers, and while the couple keep an apartment in Manhattan, they consider Tick Hall their primary residence. Cavett says it’s his fondest hope that the new owners cherish it as much as he does.

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Dick Cavett Selling His Beloved Tick Hall in the Hamptons for $62M

Matthew Eisman/Getty Images; realtor.com

Few homes in the United States are as storied, or as beloved, as Tick Hall, the beachfront estate belonging to iconic talk show host Dick Cavett. Now it’s time to turn the page on the Montauk, NY, home’s illustrious history, as Cavett has put the property on the market for $62 million.

The TV legend told the Wall Street Journal that he’s letting it go because it’s also time to turn the page on his own history. “I’ve loved every day here, but now it’s time to open a new chapter,” he said.

The estate was originally called the Orr House, after its first owner, Alexander Orr, who purchased the house in the 1880s. Built by Stanford White, it was one of the famed “Seven Sisters,” seven shingle-style homes in a Montauk community with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park. Tick Hall is the last of the Seven Sisters still standing.

The shingled home sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

realtor.com

A subsequent owner, Harrison Tweed, who was a well-known Wall Street lawyer, gave Tick Hall its name, after the annoying little arachnids common to the East Coast.

Tweed and his family expanded the home, installing electricity and plumbing, as well as a bell tower, kitchen, and extra bedrooms and bathrooms, among other amenities.

In the 1960s, Cavett and his wife, actress Carrie Nye, bought the seven-bedroom, five-bath home directly from Tweed, who was 91 at the time. This is the first time the house has been on the open market in its 135-year history.

Staircase with elaborately milled wood railing

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Cavett and Nye lived there until 1997, when a fire destroyed the home. The couple decided to build an exact replica of the home, but they had to go by photos and memory, because the prior home’s plans hadn’t been preserved.

Fully restored living room

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Parlor

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A documentary, “From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall,” was made in 2003 about the restoration. Nye died of lung cancer in 2006, and in 2007, Cavett sold over 70 acres nearby for $18 million.

The porch at Tick Hall

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Now the bluff-top estate includes 20 acres and features 900 feet of Atlantic frontage in the Montauk Moorlands. The 7,000-square-foot home features a path to a private cove known to locals as Cavett’s Cove, which is “the most private sandy beach on the East End,” according to listing agents Tim Davis and Karen Kelly of the Corcoran Group.

The property includes 900 feet of ocean frontage

realtor.com

The grounds also include two other water features: a freshwater pond and a swimming pool.

Freshwater pond

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Cavett hosted an array of TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. The 80-year-old is now married to Martha Rogers, and while the couple keep an apartment in Manhattan, they consider Tick Hall their primary residence. Cavett says it’s his fondest hope that the new owners cherish it as much as he does.

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Dick Cavett Selling His Beloved Tick Hall in the Hamptons for $62M

Matthew Eisman/Getty Images; realtor.com

Few homes in the United States are as storied, or as beloved, as Tick Hall, the beachfront estate belonging to iconic talk show host Dick Cavett. Now it’s time to turn the page on the Montauk, NY, home’s illustrious history, as Cavett has put the property on the market for $62 million.

The TV legend told the Wall Street Journal that he’s letting it go because it’s also time to turn the page on his own history. “I’ve loved every day here, but now it’s time to open a new chapter,” he said.

The estate was originally called the Orr House, after its first owner, Alexander Orr, who purchased the house in the 1880s. Built by Stanford White, it was one of the famed “Seven Sisters,” seven shingle-style homes in a Montauk community with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park. Tick Hall is the last of the Seven Sisters still standing.

The shingled home sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

realtor.com

A subsequent owner, Harrison Tweed, who was a well-known Wall Street lawyer, gave Tick Hall its name, after the annoying little arachnids common to the East Coast.

Tweed and his family expanded the home, installing electricity and plumbing, as well as a bell tower, kitchen, and extra bedrooms and bathrooms, among other amenities.

In the 1960s, Cavett and his wife, actress Carrie Nye, bought the seven-bedroom, five-bath home directly from Tweed, who was 91 at the time. This is the first time the house has been on the open market in its 135-year history.

Staircase with elaborately milled wood railing

realtor.com

Cavett and Nye lived there until 1997, when a fire destroyed the home. The couple decided to build an exact replica of the home, but they had to go by photos and memory, because the prior home’s plans hadn’t been preserved.

Fully restored living room

realtor.com

Parlor

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A documentary, “From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall,” was made in 2003 about the restoration. Nye died of lung cancer in 2006, and in 2007, Cavett sold over 70 acres nearby for $18 million.

The porch at Tick Hall

realtor.com

Now the bluff-top estate includes 20 acres and features 900 feet of Atlantic frontage in the Montauk Moorlands. The 7,000-square-foot home features a path to a private cove known to locals as Cavett’s Cove, which is “the most private sandy beach on the East End,” according to listing agents Tim Davis and Karen Kelly of the Corcoran Group.

The property includes 900 feet of ocean frontage

realtor.com

The grounds also include two other water features: a freshwater pond and a swimming pool.

Freshwater pond

realtor.com

Cavett hosted an array of TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. The 80-year-old is now married to Martha Rogers, and while the couple keep an apartment in Manhattan, they consider Tick Hall their primary residence. Cavett says it’s his fondest hope that the new owners cherish it as much as he does.

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